7 Bible Verses about Persecution Predicted

But be on your guard against men, for they will give you up to their courts, and have you flogged in their synagogues,

Then they will hand you over to persecution and they will put you to death, and you will be hated by all the heathen because you bear my name.

But before all this, men will arrest you and persecute you, and hand you over to synagogues and prisons and have you brought before kings and governors on my account.

Remember what I said to you: No slave is greater than his master. If they have persecuted me they will persecute you too. If they have observed my teaching, they will observe yours too.

They will exclude you from their synagogues; why, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is doing religious service to God.

But everyone who wants to live a godly life as a follower of Christ Jesus will be persecuted,

Do not be afraid of what you are going to suffer. See! The devil is going to put some of you into prison to be tested there, and for ten days to endure persecution. Prove faithful even unto death and I will give you the crown of life.